SIMI VALLEY : Man Arrested Over Beating of Transient
A 40-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder in connection with the severe beating of a transient in Simi Valley, police said Thursday.
Michael Souter, a transient from the Ventura area, was being held in the Ventura County Jail on $250,000 bail, a jail spokesman said.
Simi Valley police said they arrested Souter at 8:15 p.m. Wednesday as he rode his bicycle in the 3300 block of Barnes Street in Simi Valley.
They refused to disclose any more information about the investigation.
Vernon Stone was beaten with a blunt object on the afternoon of May 12 at the Simi Valley Adult Education campus on Los Angeles Avenue, where he often slept, police said.
Stone suffered major head injuries and remains in critical condition in the intensive care unit at Los Robles Regional Medical Center, police said.
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